High Derst
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.JPG) Hohe Derst: View from the Stäffelsberg |
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| height | 561 m above sea level NN | |
| location | Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany | |
| Mountains | Wasgau | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 5 '10 " N , 7 ° 54' 50" E | |
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The Hohe Derst is a 561 meter high mountain in the Palatinate Forest . It is part of the Wasgau and the highest elevation in the Mundat Forest .
Geographical location
The Hohe Derst is located in the district of the local communities Böllenborn and Oberotterbach above the hamlet Reisdorf , five kilometers southwest of the town of Bad Bergzabern . State road 492 leads around the mountain and there is a parking lot for hikers .
history
The Hohe Derst was fought over in 1945 during the Second World War .
The mountain marks the extreme northern corner of the Upper Mundat Forest, which was under French administration from 1946 to 1986 .
Buildings
On the summit of the Hohe Derst there is a military radio tower. This was initially used by NATO , abandoned after the end of the Cold War and is still used today by a mobile phone provider and BOS .
Only a little below the summit is a transmitter for the Südwestrundfunk, which used to supply large parts of the southern Palatinate and Wasgau with analog television and was switched off when the DVB-T switch was made. Radio stations were also planned here to supply this area with the Rhineland-Palatinate programs SWR1 Rhineland-Palatinate and SWR4 Rhineland-Palatinate , which otherwise cannot be received in the region, but this did not materialize.
tourism
Hiking trails marked by the Palatinate Forest Association lead to the Hohe Derst . a. from Böllenborn, Dörrenbach , Oberotterbach, Schweigen-Rechtenbach and Sankt Germanshof .
The summit is marked by the knight stone No. 301.
A memorial stone has also been on the summit since June 6, 2020, to commemorate the mine explosion on April 18, 1948. Two people were killed at that time.
The ruins of Guttenberg Castle are just under a kilometer south of the mountain .
Individual evidence
- ^ The Rhine Palatinate of June 9, 2020